I see a LOT of bogus comments as usual from "the SOROS losers" so, a question (as I heard he pays you): HOW MUCH ARE YOU GETTING PAID?
I get $2800/month, plus expenses, health care (includes vision and dental) and two weeks paid vacation. Sometimes, Mr Soros will put a little something extra in my pay envelope when I really make the AC trolls on Slashdot go wild and piss themselves in impotent fury and post in caps.
But I've got to tell you, they refuse to match my 401k contributions. Soros can be very stingy, but you know how those people are. And you ACs know exactly who I mean, amirite?
I don't think they're doing that intentionally, it's just picking things their algorithm figures are close to what you've selected as the seed.
I think you're right about that. Google and Spotify just hoover up all the recorded music they can and some of that is bound to be lame covers and public domain background music.
Some songs give me really good auto playlists but some are just inane
I've been working on getting Spotify and Google to improve their multi-genre playlists. That's where their algorithms seem to break down a bit. Pandora, on the other hand, does a great job with their "stations". If I add artists across genres, it doesn't miss a beat, and if I tell it that I don't like a particular record (like maybe a live version of a song I want that was recorded 30 years after the original), it manages to pick up on my preferences.
I have noticed that occasionally, when I create "radio" stations from my sizable Spotify playists, a song will pop up from what appears to be the musical equivalent of a public domain clip-art site. It's like the old K-Tel records that would have "Top Hits by Original Artists" and it would turn out to be some studio cover band called "Original Artists" and not the record, but a soundalike. It only seems to happen on the autoplaylists and "radio" stations.
I have seen the same phenomenon on Google Play Music. I consume a lot of music and I have subscriptions to both Spotify and Google Play. I would cancel the Google Play subscription, but I like that it comes with a free subscription to YouTube Red, which is YouTube without the commercials. So I've been lazy and have let both subscriptions run.
So, in short, you have no clue about technology or technology industry, and your contribution to Slashdot is endlessly blathering on in different forms of poseur uselessness.
Just out of curiosity, how was this 'Startup Visa' rule stopping US workers from innovating?
See, there's this reservoir of American innovation, and the levels are way down. Every time you allow a foreigner to come here an innovate, the reservoir is depleted because American innovators get discouraged and decide to go on disability or become homeless. Because American innovators are sensitive broflakes who are easily triggered by people with different shades of skin or funny accents. And venture capitalists will flock to the foreign startups like fraternity brothers flocking to the hot undergrads. So basically, American innovators will become the VC equivalent of fat chicks at a kegger. Eventually, they might get some venture capital, but only after all the VCs are shitfaced and unable to achieve anything like a tumescent venture capital state. I hope that answers your question.
Back in my day, we never had to deal with any of these pesky foreign innovators. No sir. Now, we name our electric car companies after them. We're going to hell, I tell you.
Drinkypoo, it sounds like you live there. I'm getting ready to move to San Luis Obispo next month. Anything I should know about the area? One weird trick for living on the Central Coast?
You're still missing the point. Forcing people to buy new cars earlier than they would naturally means MORE new cars have to be produced.
And you're still missing the point that THIS PLAN DOES NOT FORCE ANYONE TO BUY A NEW CAR EARLIER THAN THEY WOULD NATURALLY.
It just means that after this date, car dealers won't be able to sell NEW fossil fuel-burning cars. It's right there in the headline. You'll still be able to drive your internal-combustion car.
My Corolla recently hit 500,000 miles, and my wife's Camry is at 290k miles.
Less than 5% of the vehicles on the road are over 20 years old.
France's plan is to stop the SALE of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Not to force them all off the road. If Toyota is still building gasoline cars in 2039, and you buy one, you'll still be able to drive it 500,000 in France. But your next car will have to be different.
You've overlooked an important and painfully obvious fact : it takes a lot more energy to produce a NEW vehicle of any kind and any efficiency than it requires to not produce a new vehicle at all.
Dummy, they're already producing new vehicles. Every year...new vehicles. Like clockwork. When that Detroit Auto Show comes around, there are new vehicles all over the place. Every single manufacturer comes out with new vehicles every year.
All this means is that the percentage of these new vehicles that are not burning gasoline, or diesel, or coal oil, or kerosene will go up.
Depending on the amount of usage, there's a significant probability that driving an older vehicle which is reasonably fuel-efficient makes more sense than scrapping it and building a whole new vehicle.
The current average service life of a new vehicle is 8 years. That means there will be three cycles of service life before 2040 for a new car purchased today.
I don't know what you do for a living, but I am certain you are not a trained engineer.
I'm not sure what you do for a living, but I am certain it doesn't require basic logic in any way, which means you're not a "trained engineer" either.
That is, if I replace a vehicle that gets 20 MPG with one that gets 40 MPG the 100% improvement in fuel economy is partially offset by the energy that went into producing the vehicle
It doesn't take more energy to produce a more efficient vehicle.
I know that vehicles have to be replaced eventually but this makes it seem like the idea is to replace the vehicles before the normal end of their service life.
The target date is 2040. Since there are no road vehicles with a "normal service life" over 20 years, it shouldn't be a big issue.
Youtube is bloody amazing if you ignore the dickheads.
Naw, you're right. I had an old lockbox/safe with a rotary combination that I'd long forgotten. It's a very nice box, and I didn't want to ruin it or damage the contents. I watched a YouTube video on how to crack the combination and I got it in three tries. I felt triumphant. But it did occur to me that thieves can also watch these videos, which tempered my enthusiasm a little bit.
I tried going the Amazon Underground route a couple of years ago, but it wouldn't install on the phone I had back then. I've got a new Pixel, so I'll try again.
How is this news for nerds? Why are we seeing what is basically an attempt at viral advertising. Let them pay for advertising out of their own pockets like everyone else.
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I get $2800/month, plus expenses, health care (includes vision and dental) and two weeks paid vacation. Sometimes, Mr Soros will put a little something extra in my pay envelope when I really make the AC trolls on Slashdot go wild and piss themselves in impotent fury and post in caps.
But I've got to tell you, they refuse to match my 401k contributions. Soros can be very stingy, but you know how those people are. And you ACs know exactly who I mean, amirite?
I think you're right about that. Google and Spotify just hoover up all the recorded music they can and some of that is bound to be lame covers and public domain background music.
I've been working on getting Spotify and Google to improve their multi-genre playlists. That's where their algorithms seem to break down a bit. Pandora, on the other hand, does a great job with their "stations". If I add artists across genres, it doesn't miss a beat, and if I tell it that I don't like a particular record (like maybe a live version of a song I want that was recorded 30 years after the original), it manages to pick up on my preferences.
I have noticed that occasionally, when I create "radio" stations from my sizable Spotify playists, a song will pop up from what appears to be the musical equivalent of a public domain clip-art site. It's like the old K-Tel records that would have "Top Hits by Original Artists" and it would turn out to be some studio cover band called "Original Artists" and not the record, but a soundalike. It only seems to happen on the autoplaylists and "radio" stations.
I have seen the same phenomenon on Google Play Music. I consume a lot of music and I have subscriptions to both Spotify and Google Play. I would cancel the Google Play subscription, but I like that it comes with a free subscription to YouTube Red, which is YouTube without the commercials. So I've been lazy and have let both subscriptions run.
No sirree. I only buy American-made goods like iPhones and Trump neckties.
They should have unionized. They were warned.
^triggered af^
See, there's this reservoir of American innovation, and the levels are way down. Every time you allow a foreigner to come here an innovate, the reservoir is depleted because American innovators get discouraged and decide to go on disability or become homeless. Because American innovators are sensitive broflakes who are easily triggered by people with different shades of skin or funny accents. And venture capitalists will flock to the foreign startups like fraternity brothers flocking to the hot undergrads. So basically, American innovators will become the VC equivalent of fat chicks at a kegger. Eventually, they might get some venture capital, but only after all the VCs are shitfaced and unable to achieve anything like a tumescent venture capital state. I hope that answers your question.
Back in my day, we never had to deal with any of these pesky foreign innovators. No sir. Now, we name our electric car companies after them. We're going to hell, I tell you.
That's good, because most of the poor assholes who would otherwise mine coal are dying from either cancer, lung disease or opiate addiction.
And you can thank the coal industry for all three. Coal destroys communities.
I prefer acid-washed.
Plus, you're a lying sack of shit.
I'm surprised they took time out of their busy schedule of voting for people to lose health care in order to put US troops in outer space.
Republicanism - It's a cookbook!
I'm wanking over your prostate.
Whaddya know? If they were a snake, they woulda bit me.
Drinkypoo, it sounds like you live there. I'm getting ready to move to San Luis Obispo next month. Anything I should know about the area? One weird trick for living on the Central Coast?
I've studied martial arts for over thirty years.
(walks away quietly over your prostrate body)
That's not one bit funny. I've got no problem finding my keys, thank you very much, once I find my glasses.
You try that, sonny, and I'll stick my cane so far up your ass it'll improve your posture.
Being old only makes me more dangerous, and that's how I like it.
We could just let unborn children smoke.
And you're still missing the point that THIS PLAN DOES NOT FORCE ANYONE TO BUY A NEW CAR EARLIER THAN THEY WOULD NATURALLY.
It just means that after this date, car dealers won't be able to sell NEW fossil fuel-burning cars. It's right there in the headline. You'll still be able to drive your internal-combustion car.
Rectangular, with rounded corners?
Less than 5% of the vehicles on the road are over 20 years old.
France's plan is to stop the SALE of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Not to force them all off the road. If Toyota is still building gasoline cars in 2039, and you buy one, you'll still be able to drive it 500,000 in France. But your next car will have to be different.
Dummy, they're already producing new vehicles. Every year...new vehicles. Like clockwork. When that Detroit Auto Show comes around, there are new vehicles all over the place. Every single manufacturer comes out with new vehicles every year.
All this means is that the percentage of these new vehicles that are not burning gasoline, or diesel, or coal oil, or kerosene will go up.
The current average service life of a new vehicle is 8 years. That means there will be three cycles of service life before 2040 for a new car purchased today.
I'm not sure what you do for a living, but I am certain it doesn't require basic logic in any way, which means you're not a "trained engineer" either.
It doesn't take more energy to produce a more efficient vehicle.
The target date is 2040. Since there are no road vehicles with a "normal service life" over 20 years, it shouldn't be a big issue.
Naw, you're right. I had an old lockbox/safe with a rotary combination that I'd long forgotten. It's a very nice box, and I didn't want to ruin it or damage the contents. I watched a YouTube video on how to crack the combination and I got it in three tries. I felt triumphant. But it did occur to me that thieves can also watch these videos, which tempered my enthusiasm a little bit.
I tried going the Amazon Underground route a couple of years ago, but it wouldn't install on the phone I had back then. I've got a new Pixel, so I'll try again.
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